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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Dagan Speaks Out Again

As Bibi and Co. ratchet up the talk of an attack on Iran, former Mossad head, Meir Dagan, spoke out again today. Haaretz reports:

Israel would not withstand a regional conflict ignited by an Israeli strike of Iran's nuclear facilities, former Mossad chief Meir Dagan said on Wednesday, adding that Israel did not have the capability to stop Tehran's nuclear ambitions, just to delay them.

In his first public appearance since leaving the post in September, Dagan said earlier this month that the possibility a future Israel Air Force attack on Iranian nuclear facilities was "the stupidest thing I have ever heard."

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The former Mossad chief also referred to stalled peace talks with the Palestinian Authority, saying he felt Israel should take the initiative instead of being forced to deal with a less favorable situation.

"I think there should be diplomatic initiative with the Palestinians. They're here and a settlement should be reached with them. If we won't offer things and wait we may have to face a reality in which things are forced on us, and when choosing between initiative and coercion, I prefer initiative," Dagan said.

Dagan has been taking an increasingly public profile in opposing some of the pronouncements coming from Israel's government. This is consistent with what we have been hearing about the security establishment being very concerned about the direction Bibi is headed.

To re-emphasize my earlier post about the disconnect here in America, we need to get Dagan's opinions into the American and American Jewish political discourse.